Framed dartboard

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a framed dartboard in which a iron rubber sheet is combined with a case member of a picture frame that can make an excellent effect on interior decoration. The framed dartboard comprises a case member  110  which is an outer case composing the framed dartboard  100  and is bonded together by a plurality of bonding means  180 ; a printed plate  120  which is fitted into the inside of the case member  110  and in which designs related to the game are formed; a iron rubber sheet  130  which is formed of magnet on one side of the printed plate  120  so that it can be attached to magnet sheet  210  formed on the front end of magnet dart  200 ; an elastic member  140  which is formed on one side of the iron rubber sheet  130  to absorb the impact force by the magnet dart  200 ; a back plate  150  which is formed on one side of the elastic member  140  to be bonded in one unit by the case member  110  and a plurality of bonding means  182 ; and a hanger  170  which is bonded by the bonding means  182  to be able to attach the framed dartboard  100.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a framed dartboard, and moreparticularly to a framed dartboard in which a iron rubber sheet iscombined with a case member of a picture frame that can make anexcellent effect on interior decoration.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] In the conventional dart game, the dart game was formed as themagnet formed at the front end of the dart is attached to the dartboardmade of a steel plate, etc. But such a dart game have a problem that anoise is generated at the moment when the dart thrown comes into contactwith the dartboard.

[0005] To solve such a problem, a soft sheet dartboard was formed inorder to solve the noise problem. But because the dartboard can betransformed flexibly as it is made of a soft material sheet, it hadother problems: At the moment when the magnet dart thrown by the userhits the dartboard, it comes off because the board cannot absorb theimpact; when the dart hits the periphery of the dartboard, it is pushedoff with the soft part pressed by the impact force of the magnet dart;or especially when it hits the bottom side of the dartboard, it fallsoff after being slid by the weight of the magnet dart flying in aparabolic trajectory.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0006] To solve such problems as above, it is an object of the presentinvention to provide a framed dartboard, in which shaking due to impactis prevented when the magnet dart is thrown to a dartboard, and even ifthe magnet dart flying in a parabolic trajectory hits the bottom side ofthe dartboard, the magnet dart does not come off as it is caught by acatch protruded outward.

[0007] It is another object of the present invention to provide a frameddartboard, in which an aesthetic sense can be maintained in the outwardappearance by maintaining the lateral surface of the dartboard in apicture frame, and since it is easy to assemble by fitting the membersof the dartboard into a picture frame, workability and operatingefficiency can be improved.

[0008] In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided aframed dartboard, comprising: a case member which is an outer casecomposing the framed dartboard and is bonded together by a plurality ofbonding means; a printed plate which is fitted into the inside of thecase member and in which designs related to the game are formed; ironrubber sheet which is formed of magnet on one side of the printed plateso that it can be attached to magnet sheet formed on the front end ofmagnet dart; an elastic member which is formed on one side of the ironrubber sheet to absorb the impact force by the magnet dart; a back platewhich is formed on one side of the elastic member to be bonded in oneunit by the case member and a plurality of bonding means; and a hangerwhich is bonded by the bonding means to be able to attach the frameddartboard.

[0009] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the casemember is consists of a plane portion that is protruded outward andformed horizontally; a slope portion that is connected to plane portionand formed inward; a vertical portion that is connected to the slopeportion and formed vertically; a first stepped portion that is formed intiers for the printed plate, the iron rubber sheet and the elasticmember to mount on; and a second stepped portion that is formed in tiersfor the back plate to mount on.

[0010] Preferably, the sloping angle of the slope portion is formed at30 to 75 degrees.

[0011] Preferably, the case member is formed into a square, circular,elliptical or rhombic shape.

[0012] In addition, a rope can be used instead of the case member, andthe rope can be bonded using a bonding means on the top of the printedplate.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] Other objects and aspects of the present invention will becomeapparent from the following description of embodiments with reference tothe accompanying drawing in which:

[0014]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a framed dartboard of the presentinvention.

[0015]FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the framed dartboard ofthe present invention.

[0016]FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line A-A of FIG. 1.

[0017]FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the framed dartboard of thepresent invention.

[0018]FIG. 5a and 5 b are schematic view showing the states in whichmagnet darts can be attached to the framed dartboard even if they cameinto contact with the slope portion or vertical portion at the time ofthrowing.

[0019]FIG. 6 is a front view showing a dartboard formed in a circle forminstead of a frame form according to yet another embodiment of thepresent invention.

[0020]FIG. 7 is a cross section along the line A-A of FIG. 6.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0021] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in moredetail referring to the drawings.

[0022]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the framed dartboard of thepresent invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective of the frameddartboard of the present invention. 100 is the framed dartboard of thepresent invention, comprising a case member 110, which is an outer casecomposing the framed dartboard 100 and is bonded together by a pluralityof bonding means 180; a printed plate 120, which is fitted into theinside of the case member 110 and in which designs related to the gameare formed; a iron rubber sheet 130, which is formed on one side of theprinted plate 120 so that it can be attached to magnet sheet 210 formedon the front end of magnet dart 200; an elastic member 140, which isformed on one side of the iron rubber sheet 130 made of iron to absorbthe impact force by the magnet dart 200; a back plate 150, which isformed on one side of the elastic member 140 to be bonded in one unit bythe case member 110 and a plurality of bonding means 182; and a hanger170 which is bonded by the bonding means 182 to be able to attach theframed dartboard 100.

[0023] And the printed plate 120, the iron rubber sheet 130, elasticmember 140 and back plate 150 are bonded adhesives with such as commonlyused bond to be formed in one unit. However, it is more preferred thatthe print member 120, iron rubber sheet 130 and elastic member 140 areadhered by adhesive such as bond but the elastic member and back plate150 are not adhered by adhesive.

[0024] The case member 110 is so formed as to make the four membersconnect each other, and these four members are bonded with the jointsadhered at an angle of 45 degrees each other. At this time, the bondingmeans 180 include joining with bond, joining with a tacker pin, or usinga commonly used method similar to these, and it can be formed using morethan one method of these methods.

[0025] In addition, the case member 110 can be formed with syntheticresin, metal or wood.

[0026] A rope can be used instead of the case member 110, and the ropeused at this time can be bonded using a bonding means such as siliconeand bond that are commonly used on the top of the printed plate 120.

[0027] Further, the case member 110 is formed with a plurality of foldedsurface which consists of a plane portion 111 that is protruded outwardand formed horizontally, a slope portion 112 that is connected to planeportion 111 and formed inward, a vertical portion 114 that is connectedto the slope portion 112 and formed vertically, a first stepped portion116 that is formed in tiers for the printed plate 120, the iron rubbersheet 130 and the elastic member 140 to mount on, and a second steppedportion 118 that is formed in tiers for the back plate 150 to mount on.

[0028] Namely, it is desirable to form the sloping angle of the slopeportion 112 usually at 30 to 75 degrees. So even if the magnet sheet 210of the magnet dart 200 hit the slope portion 112, it is moved along theslope portion to be adhered to the inside of the framed dartboard 100,which can be formed concave or convex according to the condition of use.

[0029] In case of the magnet sheet 210 of the magnet dart 200 flies in aparabolic trajectory and hit the vertical portion 114, which is thelower end part of the case member 110, the vertical portion 114 guidesthe magnet sheet so as not to slide off. The height of the verticalportion 114 is formed greater than ½ of the diameter of the magnet sheet210. But making it preferably same or greater than the diameter of themagnet member 210 can prevent the magnet dart 200 from sliding off.

[0030] In addition, the printed plate 120, on which drawings and numbersfor various dart games are printed according to the condition of use, isformed with paper or synthetic resin, or fabric.

[0031] The iron rubber sheet 130 is made of commonly used iron rubbersheet, and the proper mixing ratio is 90% or more of iron powder(Fepowder) and 10% or less of synthetic rubber or natural rubber. It isattached with a great force by combining with the magnet formed in themagnet sheet 210 of the magnet dart 200. In case of the iron rubbersheet 130 is made of iron plate, the thickness of the sheet thinner, theability of the absorb force become more large and better.

[0032] Further, the elastic member 140 is made of synthetic resinmaterial such as easily shape-restorable polyurethane, polyether foam orslow recovery foam, or corrugated cardboard material (that may be formedof paper or synthetic resin material), or Styrofoam, so that the impactgenerated by the magnet dart 200 is dispersed or absorbed to preventnoise generation and fall-off.

[0033] The back plate 150 can be made of plastic or wood, and aplurality of bonding holes 152 and 154 are formed so that it can bebonded to the case member 110 in one unit by the plurality of bondingmeans 182.

[0034] And on the top of the hanger 170 is formed a through hole 172 soas to hang on the wall, etc.

[0035] The framed dartboard of the present invention is not limited tothe embodiment described above, and the possibility of being made into asquare, circular, elliptical or rhombic shape is also included in thepresent invention.

[0036] Namely, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the difference from theembodiment described above is not the shape of the frame, but it isdifferent in that while it is formed in a circle the hanger 170 isformed in the case member I 10 in one unit and the part of back plate150 is also formed in one unit. But the slope portion 112 and thevertical portion 114, which are the characteristics of the presentinvention, have the same structures and functions.

[0037] Although the preferred embodiment of the framed dartboard inaccordance with the present invention has been described, it will beunderstood by those skilled in the art that the present invention shouldnot be limited to the described preferred embodiment, but variouschanges and modifications can be made within the spirit and the scope ofthe present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present inventionis not limited within the described range but the following claims.

[0038] The framed dartboard of the present invention composed asdescribed above is an invention whereby shaking due to the impact whenthe magnet dart is thrown is prevented; even if the magnet dart hit thebottom of the bottom side of the dartboard in a parabolic trajectory,the magnet dart does not slide off as it is caught at a catch protrudedoutward; an aesthetic sense can be maintained when seen from outside bymaintaining the lateral surface of the dartboard in a picture frameform; and workability and operating efficiency can be improved becauseit is easy to assemble by fitting into the picture frame form theprinted plate, iron rubber sheet, elastic member and back plate thatform the dartboard.

What is claimed is:
 1. A framed dartboard, comprising: a case memberwhich is an outer case composing the framed dartboard and is bondedtogether by a plurality of bonding means; a printed plate which isfitted into the inside of the case member and in which designs relatedto the game are formed; a iron rubber sheet which is formed of magnet onone side of the printed plate so that it can be attached to magnet sheetformed on the front end of magnet dart; an elastic member which isformed on one side of the iron rubber sheet to absorb the impact forceby the magnet dart; a back plate which is formed on one side of theelastic member to be bonded in one unit by the case member and aplurality of bonding means; and a hanger which is bonded by the bondingmeans to be able to attach the framed dartboard.
 2. The framed dartboardof claim 1, wherein the case member is consists of a plane portion thatis protruded outward and formed horizontally; a slope portion that isconnected to plane portion and formed inward; a vertical portion that isconnected to the slope portion and formed vertically; a first steppedportion that is formed in tiers for the printed plate, the iron rubbersheet and the elastic member to mount on; and a second stepped portionthat is formed in tiers for the back plate to mount on.
 3. The frameddartboard of claim 2, wherein the sloping angle of the slope portion isformed at 30 to 75 degrees.
 4. The framed dartboard of claim 1, whereinthe case member is formed into a square, circular, elliptical or rhombicshape.
 5. The framed dartboard of claim 1, further comprising a rope tobe used instead of the case member, and bonded using a bonding means onthe top of the printed plate.
 6. The framed dartboard of claim 1,wherein said print member, iron rubber sheet, elastic member and backplate are formed in one unit adhered by adhesive such as bond.
 7. Theframed dartboard of claim 1, wherein said print member, iron rubbersheet and elastic member are adhered by adhesive such as bond but saidelastic member and back plate are not adhered by adhesive.
 8. The frameddartboard of claim 1, wherein the elastic member is made of syntheticresin material such as polyurethane, polyether foam or slow recoveryfoam.
 9. The framed dartboard of claim 1, wherein the elastic member ismade of corrugated cardboard material or Styrofoam.
 10. The frameddartboard of claim 1, wherein the metallic rubber sheet member may beformed of a metallic sheet.